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STRIKE LEADERS ARE NOT GUILTS Salem, Mass., Nov. '2?>.?'"Not f*uil ty" was the verdict of the jury i the case of Joseph Ettor, Arturo Gic vannitti and Joseph Caruso for th murder of Anna Lopizzo, who wa killed in a Lawrence textile strik riot last winter. When the three men had heard th words freeing them from the charp< they embraced and kissed each othei Giovannitti then sprang to his fee' "Gentlemen of the jury," he sait his face beaming with joy, "in th name of justice, truth and civilizatioi 1 thank you." The court interpreter, Alfred Sacct arose for Caruso and said: *'Mr. Caruso desires me to say tha he wants to thank you all and no^ that he is a free man he says tha he was innocent of the crime." Ettor Addresses Jury. Ettor, leader of the strike at Lav rence and chief centre of interest tha has aroused worldwide attention, at dressed the jury: "May it please the court," he saic "T thank you not only for myseli hut in the names of my companion! 1 also feel impelled to thank th court for the fair manner this tria has been conducted. The thanks w offer are not only ours, but thanks i the name of the working class." The jury entered the court room a 8:20 o'clock. Immediately thereafte the prisoners, each wearing a re carnation, were brought to the cage i the centre of the room. All wer smiling. Judge Quinn ascended th fcench at 8:42 and asked if the jur; had agreed upon a verdict. Defendants Arise. "We have," said the foreman as h handed it to the court, hnliff "Joseph Caruso, stand up," com nianded Clerk Georpre. As Caruso obeyed, the clerk called "Caruso, face the jury: the jury men, look at the prisoner. Gentle men o fthe jury, is Joseph Carus guilty or not guilty?" "Not guilty," was the unanimou reply. Etto and Giovannitti were likewis commanded to rise and apain th jurors chorused a verdict of "no Kuilty" for each defendant. The jurj which for more than six weeks hai listened to the evidence in this not able trial, was then excused frori further service, with the thanks o tbo court. The jurors hastened fror the builtjinp: and were cheered b; the crowds of mill workers in th streets. WHAT ONE FARMER LEARNED ABOUT SELLIN< I have been farming all my life and am now 35 years old, and fiave just awakened to the necessit; of selling my produce, and of buyin] household and farm supplies mor economically. During all these years I have bee shipping my surplus produce to com mission men in the cities, or takin] n to the near-by market and dump ing it off cn the retail men ,at an; kind of an old price. In the earl; spring I began to take in sweet po tatoes, housed over from last yeai also cabbage, and was selling pota toes for (50 cents per bushel, whicl I considered a fair price, and smal cabbage at $1 to $1.50 per 10 heads. While I would be unloading I noticed the middleman or huckste would be selling potatoes for '25 cent to 30 cents per peck, and the ver; same cabbage I was unloading at fiv cents for choice, or two smaller one for five cents or three medium one for ten cetns. It occurred to me tnat if customer would come to the stall and buy a these prices, that I might take m produce to the customers' doors an get the same price. I made a trial c next load I took in, and was so sue cespful that I have not unloaded o the middleman since. By spendin from two to four hours more in driv ing through the city, I find I increas the amount of cash taken in fror each load from $5 to $8. I find this plan has another brigh side to it. I can market off perish able fruits and vegetables that th .middleman could not handle becaus be would be oversocked. For in stance, just this fall, there has bee an extra crop of Keifer pears in thi section. I had no trouble in sell in; mine to the consumer for 25 cent per peck. At the same time I woul see farmers hauling them in to th middleman for f>0 cents per busiie and would say they were glad to ge that price, as it was too much troubl to peddle them around town. Oth ers would let theirs rot on the groun or feed them to hogs, as they coul find no sale for them. Had I no caught the idea of being a retaiiei i would have done like my neighbors I know I can realize from 25 t 100 per cent more for my produc by this method than I have been do ing heretofore.?G. L. H?-dison, i The Progressive Farmer. % r j At Last We J System of s The New Law Goes Into Efe / feet About the First of J Next Year. r. - - - Hv .lAdhS A. tntiCRTON. j A KTEU years of agitation the Unit' /H < <! States is at last to have a 1 1 m. parcels post We are practically the last civiiiveil nation to inaugurate the system, tjreat Britain ' started it in lSStt. atu other uatious followed in rapid succession. We lagginl liehiud. .Jolin Wanamaker when ,v postmaster general was mice asked by J. Hetiniker Ueatou. M. l\, the Engllsh postal reformer, why the United States was so backward in the matter "There are four insuperable oljsta ^ cles to the establishment of a parcels post in our country." res|>ouded Mr. Wanamaker. "The llrst is the Uulted ' States Express company. The second ' is the Adams Express company. The third is the Wells Kargo Express com 1 pan.v. The fourth Is the American 1 Express eotminnv." Q Parcels Post Versus Express. How the new parcels post compures with existing express rates is shown b.v the following comparison, all figures being cents: Weight not over... I lb 4 lbs. 7 lbs. U lbs n 50 mile zone : e Express rate from New York 25 3u 85 35 Parcel post s 14 23 35 y 150 miles: Express 25 35 40 45 Parcel post 6 18 30 46 300 miles: Express 25 40 5? 00 e Parcel i>ost < 22 37 67 60<i miles: Express 25 60 60 75 i- . Parcel post 8 20 44 68 1,000 miles: Express 25 CO 80 100 ! Parcel post 0 30 61 79 >_ 1,400 miles: Express 30 CO 100 ^135 Parcel post 10 37 64 100 O 1,800 miles: Express 30 CO 100 150 Parcel post 11 41 71 111 s Over 1.800 tniles: , Express. 1,850 miles 30 60 100 16' Express, 2.500 miles 30 60 100 1U> e Express, 3,000 miles 30 CO 106 1G5 e Parcel post, all *. distances over 1,800 miles 12 48 84 132 ' To carry the law Into effect it will be necessary to print a large nuuil?er " of postage stamps of new denominn n tlons. ns distinctive stamps must be af f fixed on all packages liefnre mailing ri it is i>n?>iirtt?g tniit denominations win I SENATOR RAYNER PASSES AWAY. Brilliant Marylander Succumbs to W Neuritis, Which Has AfTlicted Him >f for Years?His Death May Cause Shift of Balance of l'owcr in the y Senate, as Successor Will be a Re^ publican. e Washington, Nov. 25.?Isidor Rayner of Maryland, one of the leading ^ Democratic members of the United States senate and a man whose name y was offered to the Baltimore con.. vention by William J. Brvan as a y ~ " suitable candidate for the presidential nomination, died here early today at the end of a long illness resulting from continued attack of neuritis. U Senator Rayner had been in a coma^ tose state since last Wednesday with r only one or two slight rallies. His severe illness covered a period of s about six weeks, dating from the efy forts made in the joint political debate with Bourke Cochran at Baltimore late in September. Physicians s compelled him to retire from the campaign immediately after that and he returned to his Washington home t where he died at 6:20 oclock this y morning. For over five years Senator j Rayner had been suffering from neuj ritis, the attack often making his work in the senate arduous and painn ^ Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Rayner home in this city. Thejservices will be conducted by the Rev. U. G. B. Pierce, chaplain of the senate, and t President Taft's pastor, assisted by the Rev. Chas. Wood of the Church of p the Convent, in Washington. The interment will be in Rock Creek cemetery in this city. n Will Pay Tribute, s Official Washington will be largely g represented at the funeral. Presis dent Taft and members of the cabinet (1 have signified their intention of ate tending and committees from both i, houses of Congress as well as many t Ir.rylanders prominent in official and e civic life will he present, i- Senator Rayner's death creates a vail cancy in the senate that probably will d be filled by a Republican by appointt ment of Governor Goldsborough of , Maryland. While the legislature of i. the State is Democratic it does not o meet this winter and the Republican e governor's appointment will hold - through the opening session of the n next congress. * Senator Rayner was one of thb Are to Havel Parcels Posl Packages Up to Eleven Poun(|H May Go as Fourth Class Matter. run as high ns $1. Another fenture that Is keeping -^the postofHce department busy Is the p**H a ration of zone maps for all offices. For the purpose of designating the zones the entire country Is divided blocks of thirty minutes, or about thftrty-flve miles, square. There are an proximately 3.500 of these blocks or units, each having an Index number,,. T> 1,1Ia?I? I J w A mo iw/nn vuui|?in ?ini CUUU^U, Hjl Is simple when one understands ^be system. Moreover. It need not cflb fuse the general public, since the postofflce clerks are the ones who Dill have to study It out Table of Zone Charges. Each adFirst dittonal Eleven pound, pound. pounds 60 mile zone 10.06 10.03 IM6 160 mile zone 06 .04 ,46 300 mite zone 07 .06 Jgi 600 mile zone 08 .06 .-M1,000 mile zone 09 .07 .79 1,400 mile zone 10 .09 L00 I 1,800 mile zone 11 .10 Lll Over 1.800 miles 12 .12 LS2 For local delivery the rate is less than that for the fifty mile zone, the first pound being 5 cents and 1 cent for each additional pound. Local rate is meant to Include all deliveries'.In the city where the shipment starts or any rural route leading therefrom or any shipment beginning and ending on the same rural route. As already stated, the present ttmlt on the weight of fourth class mall packages lk font pounds, and a flat rate Is charged for all distances that Is. It costs as much to send a package one mile as It does to send It Woo I miles. A comparison of charges an I ill. |iicsrui lUi-imiu uuu IlllUir me new purcels post shows a vast reductlon in cost of packages of four pounds or under: Parcels weighing 1 lb. 2 lbs. 8 lbs. 1 lbs. Old rates, ail distances .... SO. 16 $0.32 $0. *8 |0 64 I lew rates. In effect Jan. 1, 1913: 60 mile zone 06 .08 -11 .14 160 mile zone 06 .10 .14 -IS 300 mile zone 07 -12 27 -tt <00 mile zone .OS .14 JO .. JO 1.000 mile zone 09 2$ 28 JO. 1,400 mile zone 10 -1$ JO*: JMm 1.800 mile zone 21 21 Over 1,800 miles... .12 24' striking figures of'fife 's&a^Bj been a member of that boJjJjBCSc 5 eight years and was one of itff'atrongest debaters and a recognized authori- , ty on constitutional law. ^ Before he entered the senate he had J attained a national reputation becausfe of his vigorous conduct of the late Admiral Schley's case before the na- * val court of inquiry that investigated the action of American officers in the ? battle with Admiral Cervera's Span- ? ish fleet. Mr. Rayner was a native of Baltimore and was 62 years old. He was a " member of the Maryland legislature when 28 years old and served three ? terms in the national house of repre% ? i sentatives in the period from 1886 to 1892. lie was elected to the United ? tates senate in 1904 after having ^ served a four-year term as attorney , general of Maryland. As a member of the committees on foreign relations and the judiciary, ? Senator Rayner devoted much attention during the first few years to ? American foreign problems and con- ? tinental legal questions. He was a ? strong advocate of the abrogation or 8 the treaty of Russia because of that 8 country's discrimination against pass- ^ ports presented by American Jews ^ and exercised a marked influence in getting the senate to endorse such action. 8 The control of the United States senate after March 4 may hinge on v ?v,? j?*v. o *?- ? ? r v,?v ucatu ui oenaior nayner. The Republican whom it is expected Go*. e Goldsborough will appoint in his r place will hold office at least until the Maryland legisature meets in January, 1214. ^ Senator Rayner's death removes one * of the Democratic members on whom control of the senate depended in the ] new congress. With his vpte the Democratic leaders counted on mustering 49 votes, or one more than a majority. In any event, 48 votes, with the vote of the vice president in case of a tie, was looked upon as sufficient strength to insure control. While the Democrats still have an apparent strength of 48, the death of the Maryland senator reduces the supposed majority to a point very near the dividing line of party control. According to a scientist, all men will be baldheaded in 500 years. It's a cinch they will if they live until then. J ( Somebody claims to have discovered black snow in the Alps. But any winter he can find a lot of it in Pittsburg. % js=== . i JpriT r M AM I Every time Happy Hon longing for c What's the use bring your horn fellow's example Come to this store and hi you envy, just like the 01 low's example. Come he satisfied. Your home thi store YOUR store. Get < the goods must go. Quality the ] SEEW. At the Leai Main Sfe , RJSNT SAY BLANK", t OR "BLANKETY BLANK." W ^-..a 9 ^^iiuiguage Lague Also Puts 5 ' the Ban on Slang and Rag- V time Songs. > \ Chicago, Nov. 26.?Mother must ^ Eit use slang; it sets a bad example ?j r the little folks. 3 Big brother must move his phonojraph; some of the records might jj tut ideas in little brother's head. S Big sister must not sing "Every?dy's Doing It" or characterize such- fj ?nd such as "devilish." y Little brother is barred from such ixpletives as "doggone it," "gosh f, turn it" "geeminy crickets," for \i hdse expressions 'mark the mild be[inning of a disastrous end. ' And father will no longer be able ? o i indulge in such language as t _ 7 i 7 ? 4 At the meeting of the Clean Lan- 4 ;uage League of America arrange- % nents were made for a nation wide f ampaign in the interest of clean lan- ? ;uage, which is to put the ban not Z >nly on swear words but also slang, ? uggestive expressions and certain ? ongs of the ragtime variety. f. A publicity committee will arrange or organizations in every state in the Jnion. The preachments will be car- = >d into schools and colleges. Girls' chools will not ho misaorl. The assault on music of the cabaret ariety will be one of the main flank novements of the league. The co-opration of noted musicians has al eady been assured. I Before ordering your split pea soup rou should patriotically Inquire if the >ea was split in Germany or America. F IT IS GOOD TO EAT? Buy it From The UNION GROCERY CO. and Save Money \ GOOD FIRST PATENT pi ni td ? FOR ? $5.25 Per Barrel If it does not give entire satisfaction we take it off four hands without any Itiestions. THE, UNION GROCERY COMPANY. ? t, I you think oi les, Fellows? >ne of your ov of envying, felloe e any nearer. L< ; be yours. ive a home all YOUR OWT le you are longing for. Fo ire now and your home loni ngs are here, the prices will i our prices before buying, at best?Prices thw i H. BUI ding Furniture reel, Next to AicLu OUR BIG IS STILL G< And we have shown the pe< plan, and we have many w in store. 5000 yards Percales and Cal Buffalo White Cloth, at Apron Ginghams, while thei (Limite A new line of Ladies an ceived yesterday, not three prices. Men's and Boys Suits r prices. S. KAS THE UNDERSEU ji Dicker t's Old IF YOU GROW PEAS A S WILL PLEASE AN If you use fertilizer see our ! tributor, the hopper holds IOC If you plow cotton and corn Cotton and Corn Plowstock, break or bend. Write us for Circulars and ] readers of this paper will into STAR PEA MACHW Bennettsville -Eow-12t ?, I in iiimi ?a fffr I~ ? all these you've a m! w, it doesn't et the other >1, just. like the one llow the other felling will be readily satisfy. Make OUR i we are loaded and ^ cheapest RR1S 0 House i sale; DING ON | .. ' f >ple our money-saving j onderful bargains yet \ I icos, at, the yard, 3l/2c j; 5c |j; / last, 3c 5 d) i id Misses Jackets, re- jji i days old, at bargain if; eceived today at low ij SLER r rwn ctadu 8 LUX 1 VJ? UAVUU I Stand. RightVuw Hi TAR PEA HULLER D PAY YOU. Force-Feed Wizard Dis>pounds. ' , see the J. M. B. No. 20 the steel beam will not pilfces. Our offer to the jrest you. IE COMPANY i, S. C. ' * V-/ \lu pV>%Vf '"iWr * *SMEJH ' V' ^.suEHm